Notice of Intent-Sole Source-Tribune Media Services

This is a “Notice of Intent” to “Sole Source” a purchase order, reference Federal Business Opportunity (FBO) solicitation/posting number “216510620632”, for commercial items posted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.203(a) and Office of Federal Procurement Policy Memorandum dated 17 APR 2006, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This government requirement, if solicited, would be advertised as an Unrestricted Brand Name Procurement with provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-51 dated 01APR2011. Contractors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database (http://www.ccr.gov/) at time award and throughout performance. FAR 52.212-1 (Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items) (JUN 2010): (a) Re para (a): NAICS 541511; size standard is $25 million. The government intends to award “Sole Source” contract with four one-year options to contractor “Tribune Media Services” for the following CLIN(s): CLIN 0001: Tribune Media Services – Listings Data. Channel listings origination for 3 radio channels. CLIN 0002: Tribune Media Services – Listings data support including loading fresh data onto American Forces Network (AFN) owned passive program guides. CLIN 0003: Tribune Media Services – Web Guide Listings: Providing support for AFN listings data on the web. This “Notice of Intent” is not a request for competitive offers/quotes/proposals. A determination by the Government to compete this solicitation will be based upon responses to this notice at the sole discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Responses must be submitted within the close of the publication of this notice TO BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 2:00 PM PACIFIC TIME APRIL 26, 2011 IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED. Forward responses by e-mail “[email protected]” or fax to (951) 413-2432. Due to technical issues, responses by email and fax may result in your responses not arriving before the cut-off time, please allow extra time if you’re sending your responses via electronic means.